Skip to content
Search
AI Powered
Latest Stories

Sainsbury’s extends Aldi price-match campaign to 800 convenience stores

Sainsbury’s local convenience store outlets
Image from Sainsbury's media
Image from Sainsbury's media

Supermarket Sainsbury’s has become the first grocer to extend its Aldi price-match campaign to its 800 local convenience store outlets.

In a bold move by its boss to win back market share from the German discounter, Britain’s second-largest supermarket chain today (4) has added price matches on 200 daily staples — including milk, chicken, bread and vegetable oil — in its local convenience stores.


Simon Roberts, chief executive, told The Times that he had decided to roll out the campaign because customers had told him that they “really love the convenience of Sainsbury’s Local, but would really like to see value on the products we buy most often.

“What we’re seeing from customers is that they want to be sure they’re getting the best value.

“UK grocery is one of the most, if not the most competitive markets in the world,” Roberts said. “What we’ve seen is lots of new, smaller supermarkets grow in the UK, and so we have to be competitive on everyday products that customers buy, in order for them to be confident in our value.”

He added that matching with Aldi prices “gives customers real confidence”, particularly when shoppers’ budgets are squeezed.

The Aldi price-match scheme will replace Sainsbury’s “pocket friendly prices” campaign, which launched last year to help customers find cheaper items in its Local shops more easily.

Sainsbury’s is targeting between 20 and 25 new Local stores each year, as part of its ongoing expansion plan, which includes opening more larger-format supermarkets. It will open a new convenience shop at Edinburgh Airport in December, in a unit previously occupied by Marks & Spencer. It will be Sainsbury’s first airport store.

“Whether on the way to work, or travelling from a station, local stores play such an important role in people’s lives," Roberts said.

Waitrose is to open 100 new convenience shops over the next five years as part of a £1 billion investment, while Marks & Spencer unveiled plans to open ten new convenience stores this year and renew up to 50. Morrisons plans to open 400 more of its Morrisons Daily convenience stores, with a wider goal of hitting 2,000 smaller stores in 2025.

More for you

Co-op to install 300 front-of-store digital media screens

Co-op to install 300 front-of-store digital media screens

The Co-op said it will install 300 new front-of-store digital media screens to turbo-charge its retail media offering, taking the total number of screens to over 9,000 across its store estate.

In partnership with SMG – the UK’s leading independent retail media operator – the move will expand the Co-op Media Network’s (CMN) digital capabilities and enable FMCG brands to deepen their engagement across Co-op’s convenience stores.

Keep ReadingShow less
British supermarkets 'worst in Europe' for unnecessary plastic
(Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

British supermarkets 'worst in Europe' for unnecessary plastic

UK supermarkets are worst in Europe when it comes to unnecessary plastic packaging, a new report has found, stating that they add up to 29.8 billion pieces of avoidable plastic waste every year.

According to an analysis by Retail Economics and the packaging company DS Smith, UK ranks as top offender in terms of excess plastic packaging among six European countries with worst offenders in British shopping baskets being processed foods such as ready meals, breads and other carbohydrates, and dairy products.

Keep ReadingShow less
Sainsbury's to revamp c-stores
Image from Sainsbury's media

Sainsbury's to revamp c-stores

Supermarket Sainsbury’s has kicked off a range improvement programme across its convenience store estate as part of its plan to revamp the smaller stores.

According to recent reports, the supermarket will carry out a full range review, where it will assess which items are performing well in its convenience arm Sainsbury’s Local stores. This will include whether particular lines need to be removed or added, including its selection of “dine in” or “food-to-go” products. Sainsbury’s kicked off the initiative last weekend and is set to run over the next few months.

Keep ReadingShow less
Waitrose ramps up convenience ambitions with Just Eat partnership
Photo: Jown Lewis Partnership

Waitrose ramps up convenience ambitions with Just Eat partnership

Waitrose has on Thursday announced a multi-year partnership with leading delivery network Just Eat to expand its presence in the on-demand grocery and convenience sectors.

In the coming weeks, Just Eat customers will be able to order their food and drink to be delivered in 30 minutes or less from 229 Waitrose locations across the UK. Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Manchester are among the locations the partnership went live this week.

Keep ReadingShow less
Sainsbury's boss worried over-spending gloom yet confident over Christmas-time spending

Sainsbury's boss worried over-spending gloom yet confident over Christmas-time spending

Britons bruised by a cost of living crisis will not start spending strongly again until the new Labour government sets out its tax and spending plans, and interest rates fall further, the boss of supermarket Sainsbury's has said.

According to chief executive Simon Roberts, despite falling inflation, higher wages, and solid employment levels, UK shoppers remain nervous about spending on bigger ticket items.

Keep ReadingShow less